WWE: Randy Orton Talks Possibly Using New Gear & Working With The Wyatt Family
One-third of the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champions, Randy Orton, was recently a guest on Tom Clark’s Main Event.
During the interview, Orton spoke about how he was initially hesitant about being paired with Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper. However, Orton said that he’s really enjoying being paired with The Wyatt Family and that it has sparked creativity within himself. He also mentioned how getting to work with new teams like American Alpha is refreshing.
Orton’s feelings about his current role on Smackdown:
“Keeping things new and refreshing at work, like right now I have a new pep in my step, I feel, because I’m working with guys that are fun to work with. This whole angle with The Wyatt Family, I’m really enjoying it. At first, I wasn’t quite sure, but now that we’re in the middle of it and me and Bray and Luke are tag champs, everything’s feeling right. And I get to do what I love to do best and that’s be a heel. So each week is a little different. It’s not getting stale. Nothing against Sheamus, but it’s not working Sheamus every night for six months. It’s like, American Alpha, I’ve been working live events with those guys and Kane against Luke, me, and Bray, and they’re just amazing. They’re so smooth and they’ve got that heart that [host Tom Clark was] talking about. It’s making me have a little more heart because I’m in there with guys that feel that way and they want to do things and when they’re doing something wrong, I tell them and it’s not like a conversation that lasts an hour. They get it. Do you know what I mean? So it’s yeah.”
Orton talks about possibly changing his wrestling gear now that he’s a part of The Wyatt Family:
“Yeah, [being a part of The Wyatt Family is refreshing]. I almost want to change up my gear, but I’m not quite sure where to go with it. Like, I need to find out who made Bray’s stuff. It’s kind of like a Baron Corbin-esque like thing he [has] got going on. I should say Baron’s got a Bray Wyatt thing going on, but either way, I’ve been in the same gear for well over a decade. It’s cool to see guys kind of evolve and that are always changing things up and I’ve never been like that. I might introduce a new move here and there or a new attitude here and there, but what I’m starting to realize is the creativity is, there’s no limit to it and it can always pull you back if you’re not willing to really think about your character and make those changes. And I just really haven’t for my whole career because I’ve always been third generation competitor Randy Orton. Wrestling’s in my blood. This is what I do. This is what I was born to do. I’ve got my own style. Yeah, I don’t do flips and s–t, but when it comes down to it, I know how to tell a story and that’s what I’ve tried to get over doing. And being with the Wyatts now, that creativity, I feel a little spark. I feel lighter on my feet, like there’s a bounce in my step again working with these guys.”
If you’d like to listen to this episode of Tom Clark’s main event in its entirety, you can click right here. Thank you to WrestlingInc for the transcription.